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DANNY WAYNE JARVIS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 6, 1948 – April 30, 1969
Service recordDanny Wayne Jarvis, of Mesa, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 84
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Engineer Tracked Vehicle Crewman (12F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Mesa, Washington (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 84
- GERALD EUGENE GORALCorporal · April 30, 1969
- GLENN ALLYN GORDONMajor · April 30, 1969
- STEPHEN THOMAS HALLPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- GARY ALAN JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · April 30, 1969
From Mesa
- KERRY BRENT LOVESecond Lieutenant · October 23, 1969
- ALLEN GENE KINNEStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.